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Jyutping mang4 ngaa4
Pinyin méng yá

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to sprout (lit. or fig.)
  2. to bud
  3. to germinate
  4. germ
  5. seed
  6. bud
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    植物​啱​啱​開始​發芽
    to bud forth
  2. 動詞
    開始​發展
    to start developing
    !!!formal
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    germ (of an idea)
  2. noun
    sprout
  3. verb
    to sprout; to germinate; to bud
    (syn.) 爆穎, 必笋, 發芽, 绽笋, 生芽, 萌發, 暴笋, 綻筍, 生笋, 出苗, 暴筍, 抽筍, 萌, 萌动, 必筍, 出芽, 發穎, 權輿, 发芽, 萌動, 暴芽, 出息, 抽笋, 抽芽, 必目, 爆芽, 权舆, 发颖, 萌发, 露苗, 生筍, 爆颖
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2838
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    萌芽
    萌芽
    mang4 ngaa4
    • to bud; to sprout
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他们在某些方面也爱工农兵,也爱工农兵出身的干部,但有些时候不爱,有些地方不爱,不爱他们的感情,不爱他们的姿态,不爱他们的萌芽状态的文艺(墙报、壁画、民歌、民间故事等)。
    他們在某些方面也愛工農兵,也愛工農兵出身的幹部,但有些時候不愛,有些地方不愛,不愛他們的感情,不愛他們的姿態,不愛他們的萌芽狀態的文藝(牆報、壁畫、民歌、民間故事等)。
    tā men zài mǒu xiē fāng miàn yě ài gōng nóng bīng , yě ài gōng nóng bīng chū shēn de gàn bù , dàn yǒu xiē shí hou bù ài , yǒu xiē dì fang bù ài , bù ài tā men de gǎn qíng , bù ài tā men de zī tài , bù ài tā men de méng yá zhuàng tài de wén yì ( qiáng bào , bì huà , mín gē , mín jiān gù shi děng ) .
    • In certain respects they are fond of the workers, peasants and soldiers and the cadres stemming from them; but there are times when they do not like them and there are some respects in which they do not like them: they do not like their feelings or their manner or their nascent literature and art (the wall newspapers, murals, folk songs, folk tales, etc.).
  2. Mandarin
    中国封建社会内的商品经济的发展,已经孕育着资本主义的萌芽,如果没有外国资本主义的影响,中国也将缓慢地发展到资本主义社会。
    中國封建社會內的商品經濟的發展,已經孕育着資本主義的萌芽,如果沒有外國資本主義的影響,中國也將緩慢地發展到資本主義社會。
    zhōng guó fēng jiàn shè huì nèi de shāng pǐn jīng jì de fā zhǎn , yǐ jīng yùn yù zhe zī běn zhǔ yì de méng yá , rú guǒ méi yǒu wài guó zī běn zhǔ yì de yǐng xiǎng , zhōng guó yě jiāng huǎn màn de fā zhǎn dào zī běn zhǔ yì shè huì .
    • As China's feudal society had developed a commodity economy, and so carried within itself the seeds of capitalism, China would of herself have developed slowly into a capitalist society even without the impact of foreign capitalism.